>>
>> NO
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE! >> IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED 50
TO 60 YEARS AGO.
>> REPORTER: WHAT DO YOU FEEL
INSIDE WHEN YO4@U HEAR THE PEOP
CHANTING?
CHANTING?
CHANTING? >> I FEEL POWER.
I FEEL EMPOWERED.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS WHAT 4@WE'R
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
>> SEEING ACTUAL PEOPLE OUT
HERE FIGHTING FOR WHAT THEY
KNOW IS RIGHT.
>> I THINK YOU SEE A 4@4@
COMBINATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
SO UPSET AND ALSO HURT AT THE
SAME TIME.
SAME TIME. >> I'M FIGHTING FOR A CHANGE,
MAN!
MAN!
MAN! >>>
MAN! >>> YOU CAN SEE IT, AND YOU CAN
HEAR IT, AND YOU CAN FEEL IT.
THE PAIN AND ANGER THAT SO MANY
OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE
EXPERIENCING IS ON DISPLAY
AGAIN IN THIS PLACE WE CALL
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. I'M
HOME. I'M LESLI 4@FOSTER.
THE PROTESTERS ARE STILL OUT
DEMANDING JUSTICE IN THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD.
THERE'S A LOT TO COVER TONIGHT.
OUR TEAM IS OUT COVERING EVERY @
ANGLE OF THE STORY.
I WANT TO 4@START WITH JOHN HEN
AND THE ARRESTS HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> REPORTER: YES, THIS IS
SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. WE'RE AT 15th AND 4@SWAN.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING
DETAINED AS WE SPEAK.
WE'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 3 HOURS
WHEN PROTESTERS WERE COMING
FROM U STREET DOWN TO 15th
4@
FROM U STREET DOWN TO 15th AND S.
AND S.
AND S. THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY POLICE
AND BLOCKED BACK UP TO 15th
AND SWAN.
AND SWAN.
AND SWAN. BETWEEN 15th AND SWAN AND
14th AND SWAN, 4@BASICALLY 100
PROTESTERS WERE SURROUNDED ON
BOTH SIDES BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. THEY STARTED PUSHING THE
PROTESTERS BACK FROM 15th TO
14th.
14th.
14th. THEN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR WE
SAW POLICE GOING TO THAT BLOCK,
THEN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR WE SAW POLICE GOING TO THAT BLOCK,@
TAKING PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY, AND
LOADING THEM IN THESE WAGONS.
WE'VE SEEN PROBABLY MORE THAN
50 PEOPLE DETAINED. 4@
THERE'S 4 WAGONS HERE ON SCENE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LINE OF
PEOPLE ABOUT TO GO IN CUSTODY
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THE PEOPLE 4@ARE
TAKEN IN ON.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE CURFEW,
4@BUT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND US THE
ARE A 4@LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE
STREET OBSERVING IT.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MADE
THESE PEOPLE ANY MORE SPECIAL
ON THE STREET.
THERE'S SOME CONFUSION AS TO
WHAT THE POLICE ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. I
NOW. I CAN TELL YOU, THERE'S A
PEACEFUL SCENE, BUT A LOT OF
QUESTIONS TO BE HAD.
>> LOOKING AT ALL THE PEOPLE
THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY COULD
BE THERE FOR SOME TIME.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE
HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.
TOM DEMPSEY WILL HAVE MORE ON
POLICE PRESENCE IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HASN'T SEEN
IT DURING THESE PROTESTS.
THAT'S COMING UP IN ABOUT 10
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. >>> BUT A 4@LOT HAS HAPPENED IN
THE LAST FEW HOURS, AND WE'LL
WALK IT THROUGH IT STARTING
WITH THIS.
WITH THIS. [ CHANTING ]
>> THA4@T WAS OFFICERS DISPERSI
TEAR GAS IN THE SQUARE RIGHT
BEFORE TH4@E 7:00 CURFEW WENT
4@
BEFORE TH4@E 7:00 CURFEW WENT INTO EFFECT, AND SHORTLY AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE FROM THE
ROSE GARDEN AND THEN LEFT THE
WHITE HOUSE, WALKED THROUGH THE
PARK AND TOOK A PHOTO RIGHT
OUTSIDE ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. 4@
THAT'S A LOT FOR 4@ABOUT AN
HOUR'S TIME.
HOUR'S TIME. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE EVERYTHING
WE KNOW RIGHT 4@4@NOW, STEP BY
STEP.
STEP.
STEP. WE
STEP. WE START WITH NATHAN WHO WAS
LIVE IN THE SQUARE WHEN THE
PROTESTERS WERE PUSHED OUT
BEFORE THE CURFEW BEGAN.
TELL US MORE.
4@
TELL US MORE. >> REPORTER: WELL, LESLI, THE
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS KEPT
CHANTING WHOSE STREETS, OUR
4@ STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE
CASE UN4@TIL 7:00 WHEN THE CURF
WAS IN PLACE.
BUT FEDERAL POLICE HAD OTHER
IDEAS.
IDEAS.
IDEAS. THIS IS WHAT THEY DID.
THEY LAUNCHED THESE FLASH BANG
GRENADES AT FIRST.
THEN THE TEAR GAS CANISTERS 4@
WHICH GOT IN EVERYONE'S EYES,
INCLUDING OUR REPORTING CREWS.
THEN THESE RUBBER BULLETS.
THEY LAUNCHED THOSE AT
PROTESTERS BEFORE THE 7:00 P.M.
CURFEW.
CURFEW.
CURFEW. FEDERAL POLICE, NATIONAL GUARD
BEHIND ME HERE, THESE ARE SOME
OF THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF
WHAT WE HEARD BEFORE THE
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M. CURFEW 4@HAPPENED.
CURFEW 4@HAPPENED. POLICE ARE TAKING OVER THIS
SECTION OF 8th STREET TELLING
4@
SECTION OF 8th STREET TELLING EVERYBODY TO MOVE BACK.
BUT 4@IT'S HAPPENING SO QUICKLY
EVERYBODY TO MOVE BACK. BUT 4@IT'S HAPPENING SO QUICKLY@
THAT PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY
TRIPPING 4@AND COLLAPSING.
NOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS
AGAIN, YOU HAD PEOPLE STARTI4@N
TO GET WORD THROUGH THE LOUD
SPEAKERS BEFORE THE 7:00 7:00
P.M.
P.M.
P.M. CURFEW THAT POLICE WERE MOVING
FORWARD, BUT PEOPLE THOUGHT
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M. WAS THE TIME.
AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE WE
STARTED TO SEE FLASH BANG
GRENADES MOVE INTO PLACE,
MOUNTED POLICE COME INTO PLACE,
AND SWEEP PEOPLE FORWARD.
THE ONLY REACTION WE SAW 4@FROM
PROTESTERS, WE 4@SAW ONE FIREWO
BEING LAUNCHED AT THE POLICE,
BUT ACTUALLY DIDN'T HIT THE
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. IT HIT OTHER PROTESTERS.
IN THE CHAOS, THERE WAS TEAR4@
GAS AND 4@4@PEOPLE TRIPPING.
BUT THEY WERE PEACEFUL.
WE WALKED WITH THE PROTESTERS
6 MILES ALL THE WAY FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE TO THE CAPITOL AND @
THEN BACK.
THEN BACK. SO BACK HERE LIVE, YOU SEE THE
DC NATIONAL GUARD 4@HERE.
THERE'S ONE SOUND WE'RE HEARING
THIS 4@HOUR. 4@
A NEW FENCE BEING 4@PLACED AT
LAFAYETTE PARK.
LAFAYETTE PARK. IF PROTESTERS RETURN TOMORROW,
THEY'LL BE MET 4@WITH AN 4@EVEN
HIGHER FENCE AND EVEN FARTHER
AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,
FARTHER 4@AWAY FROM 4@THE PARK
AN EVEN HIGHER FENCE.
REPORTING LIVE, WUSA 9.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS
HAPPENING, YOU 4@TALKED ABOUT H
PEOPLE WERE SIMPLY STUNNED THAT
HAPPENING, YOU 4@TALKED ABOUT H PEOPLE WERE SIMPLY STUNNED THAT@
ALL OF THIS HAD HAPPENED, 4@THE
HEAVY HAND, AND THEN THE
PRESIDENT CAME 4@OUT HOLDING A
NEWS CONFERENCE LABELING THE
VIOLENCE DOMESTIC TERRORISM,
AND URGED GOVERNORS TO DEPLOY 4@
THE NATIONAL GUARD TO IN HIS
WORDS DOMINATE THE STREETS.
>> IF THEY REFUSE 4@TO TAKE THE
STEPS NEEDED, I WILL DEPLOY THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY AND
QUICKLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> AND AFTER THAT NEWS
CONFERENCE, ANOTHER 4@SURPRISE.
THE PRESIDENT LEFT THE WHIT4@E
HOUSE, WALKED TO ST. JOHN'S AND
THE PRESIDENT LEFT THE WHIT4@E HOUSE, WALKED TO ST. JOHN'S AND@
POSED FOR A PHOTO.
IT LEFT CRITICS WONDERING IF
THE PROTESTERS WERE PUSHED OUT
FOR A PH4@OTO OF.
MIKE VALERIO IS LIVE, AND
YOU'VE 4@HEARD AN EARFUL TONIGH
FROM A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. >> REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT, GOOD
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. AT 4@THIS HOUR THE AREA IS
COMPLETELY DESOL4@ATE AFTER THE
FEDERAL OFFICERS FIRED THE
FLASH BANGS INTO THE CROWD.
ENTER INTO THE CONVERSA4@TION T
REVEREND AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED, AND SHE
TOLD US EARLIER THIS EVENING
SHE'D PREFER THE PRESIDENT USED
THE BIBLE AS A SPIRITUAL GUIDE
RATHER THAN A PROP.
>> WE CANNOT HAVE BEEN DRIVEN
OFF THAT PATIO WITH TEAR GAS
AND HORSES AND CONCUSSION
GRENADES SO THAT MAN COULD HAVE
A PHOTO OF IN FRONT OF A CHURCH
HOLDING A BIBLE.
>> REPORTER: THE REVEREND SPOKE
TO US OVER THE PHONE AFTER THE
DEFINING IMAGE OF THE DAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AT HER CHURCH
PROJECTING AN AIR OF TRIUMPH.
>> I WAS COUGHING WITH TEAR GAS
SO THAT MAN COULD STAND THERE
AND HOLD A BIBLE IN HIS HAND TO
LOOK CHRISTIAN.
LOOK CHRISTIAN. IT WOULD BE FAR MORE CHRISTIAN
IF HE'D BEHAVE ACCORDING TO THE
WORDS IN THAT BOOK INST4@EAD OF
JUST CARRYING IT AROUND WITH
HIM AS A PROP.
>> REPORTER: THE REVEREND SAID
SHE IS INCENSED.
THERE WAS NO HEADS UP AND NO
PERMISSION FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
USE WHAT SHE CONSIDERS TO 4@BE
HOLY GROUND.
HOLY GROUND. 4@
HOLY GROUND. REVEREND JENNY, HE MAY HEAR
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM?
TO THE PRESIDENT?
>> I WOULD 4@SAY YOU NEED TO
START BEHAVING LIKE A CHRISTIAN
INSTEAD OF PRETENDING TO BE
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SELL
YOURSELF TO PEOPLE AT ONE.
YOUR BEHAVIOR SHOULD SPEAK FOR
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> REPORTER: ME4@ANTIME, THE
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON HAS
EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE 4@
REVEREND.
REVEREND.
REVEREND. THE REVEREND SAID SHE
CONSIDERED THIS A SACRILEGE,
AND ALSO NOTED THE PRESIDENT
HAD TO WALK OVER ABANDONED
MEDICAL SUPPLIES BY THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS.
MIKE VALERIO, WUSA 9.
>> THE DEFINING IMAGE OF THE
DAY, TOOK THE OXYGEN OUT OF THE
MOMENT, BUT CLEARLY NOT OUT OF @
THE MOVEMENT.
THE MOVEMENT. >>> SO HAS A 4@GOVERNMENT AGENC
OR PRIVATE COMPANY BEEN JAMMING
THE CELL PHONES OF PROTESTERS?
A LOT OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
ARE WONDERING.
ARE WONDERING. OUR EVAN KOSLOF AND THE VERIFY
TEAM GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. >>
ONE. >> REPORTER: THE VERIFY TEAM 4@
HERE TO 4@STOP THE SPREAD OF
MISINFORMATION ONLINE.
MISINFORMATION ONLINE. MAYBE YOU SAW THIS HASHTAG, DC
BLACKOUT.
BLACKOUT.
BLACKOUT. PEOPLE SHARING IMAGES LIKE THIS
4@ONE SAYING THEY JAMMED OUR
PHONES WROTE ONE USER.
ANOTHER WROTE EVERYTHING IS
JAMMED.
JAMMED.
JAMMED. SO LET'S GET TO WORK ON THIS
AND VERIFY.
AND VERIFY. IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE
GOVERNMENT JAMMED PROTESTER
PHONES, STOPPING THEM FROM
MAKING CALLS OR POST4@ING ONLIN
FIRST WE REACHED OUT TO DC
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. WE WERE TOLD THIS APPEARS TO BE
MISINFORMATION.
MISINFORMATION. WE HAVE NO INFORMATION OF A
CELL PHONE BLOCK OUT.
AND THE CHIEF ADDED THIS.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE
INFORMATION CAME FROM.
THAT'S WHY I RARELY TAKE A LOT
OF INFORMATION I GET FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA ON ITS FACE.
FACE.
FACE.
FACE. >>
FACE. >> NEXT WE TURNED TO VERIZON
AND AT&T WHO CONFIRMED THEY
OPERATED NORMALLY OVERNIGHT.
THERE'S A REALLY BASIC WAY TO
LOOK AT THE CLAIM.
LOOK AT TWITTER AND 4@SEE IF
VIDEOS WERE UPLOADED.
WE CHECKED IN AND FOUND TONS OF
VIDEOS.
VIDEOS.
VIDEOS. 11:55, THIS VIDEO UP UPLOADED
ON K
ON K
ON K STREET.
STREET.
STREET. 1:57, 2:41, 4@3:51, THEY WERE
LOADED ALL THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. AS
NIGHT. AS FOR THE TWEET ORIGINALLY
SAYING THEY WERE JAMMED, 4@ONE
ACCOUNT WAS SUSPENDED, THE
OTHER REMOVED.
OTHER REMOVED. AND TWITTER TELLS US THEY'RE
CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE
HASHTAG DC BLACKOUT AND ALREADY
SUSPENDED HUNDREDS OF 4@SPAM
ACCOUNTS.
ACCOUNTS.
ACCOUNTS. SO FALSE, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
THAT PHONES ARE BEING JAMMED
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST
TAKE A BEAT BEFORE YOU SHARE 4@
SOMETHING ONLINE, AND AS ALWAYS
SEND IT TO US.
>>> THIS IS A LOT TO PROCESS.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HURTING
RIGHT NOW, AND OTHERS ARE STILL